Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Ricky Hester

48 years old · died March 20, 2024 · Great Plains Correctional Center, Oklahoma

Ricky Hester died in a hospital on March 20, 2024, held at Great Plains Correctional Center, in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Ricky Hester was 48 years old. The department lists the manner of death as accident.

Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. Oklahoma Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as accident.

Reported by: Oklahoma Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

News report